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Barbarians in Greek comedy / Timothy Long.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, �1986.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585030073
  • 9780585030074
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Barbarians in Greek comedy.DDC classification:
  • 882/.009/35203 19
LOC classification:
  • PA3166 .L66 1986eb
Other classification:
  • 18.43
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- Geography and Ethnography -- Barbarian Religion in Greek Comedy -- Barbarian Music, Food, Perfume, and Clothing -- Travelers and Intruders -- The Barbarian-Hellene Antithesis -- Chronological Survey and Theoretical Conclusion
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Summary: "Greeks divided the world into Greece vs. the land of foreigners, into Hellenes vs. barbarians, seeing their country as a bas­tion of culture, learning, and military might surrounded by a sea of the un­civilized. Long shows how comedy expressed the Greek feeling of superiority over the barbarians, how it dealt with the so-called barbarian-Hellene antithesis. The result is a contribution to the study of ancient Greek comedy--both the com­edy itself and the beliefs, the prejudices, the limitations, and the variety in the society from which the plays emerged. The comedians' responses to the barbar­ians ranged from idealization to neutral­ity to raw racism. Although contemptuous of barbarians, the Hellenes could not keep elements of foreign culture from entering their own. Long's major contention is that the Greek reaction to Asian and other fore­ign influence can be seen in the treat­ment of barbarians in Greek comedy."-adapted from Amazon.com.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208).

Includes indexes.

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English.

Preface -- Geography and Ethnography -- Barbarian Religion in Greek Comedy -- Barbarian Music, Food, Perfume, and Clothing -- Travelers and Intruders -- The Barbarian-Hellene Antithesis -- Chronological Survey and Theoretical Conclusion

"Greeks divided the world into Greece vs. the land of foreigners, into Hellenes vs. barbarians, seeing their country as a bas­tion of culture, learning, and military might surrounded by a sea of the un­civilized. Long shows how comedy expressed the Greek feeling of superiority over the barbarians, how it dealt with the so-called barbarian-Hellene antithesis. The result is a contribution to the study of ancient Greek comedy--both the com­edy itself and the beliefs, the prejudices, the limitations, and the variety in the society from which the plays emerged. The comedians' responses to the barbar­ians ranged from idealization to neutral­ity to raw racism. Although contemptuous of barbarians, the Hellenes could not keep elements of foreign culture from entering their own. Long's major contention is that the Greek reaction to Asian and other fore­ign influence can be seen in the treat­ment of barbarians in Greek comedy."-adapted from Amazon.com.

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